Vehding-machine



A. H. STEELE VENDING MACHINE Dec. 2, 1 925 Original Filed, Jan. 10. 1921 ZSheets-Sheet 1 ATTORNEY Dec. 22, 1925- A. H. STEELE VENDING MACHINE Original Filed'Jap. 10 1921 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 7/6 7 5766/6 Mr I.

INVENTOR Patented Dec. 22, 1925.

ALBERT srnnnn, on Kansas CITY MI-SSOUR'IJ vnnn'rn'e MACHINE.

I v Continuation of application seria1'no.4s3,'o27, med may 10,1921.

' 11924. Seria1'No.88 ',970.

"a'full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable'othe'rs skilled "in the artto which appertains "to make and'use theisame, reference being had tozthe accompanying drawings, and to'the'figures' of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

chines and particularly to a machine for vending liquid containers, "such asv'ials of perfume and the 1ike, the present application being a. continuation 'of my forfeited ap- 'plication filed January 10, 1921, Serial No.

"One of the objects of the invention is to provide an efiicient, durable,"and"inexpen- 's'ive' machine, the vending mechanism of which will become effective upon the introduction :of a check, coin, 'or token of proper denomination.

The invention contemplates a provision of means whereby the device may be conveniently loaded, whereby the merchandise Within the receptacle may be agitated from time to time, so as to insure proper feeding thereof into the'vending slide, and "whereby the proper vending of an article upon the introduction of a coin and the actuation of the vending machine will be insured. v

Other advantages, as well as the novel details of construction, will appear hereinafter, reference being'had to the accompany- 40 "ing dr-awings in Which- I Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a vending machine constructed'in accordance with my invention, parts being broken away to clearly illustrate-the vending mechanism 'therein.

Fig. 2 is a vertical, longitudinal, sectional View through a machine constructed in accordance with my invention.

,Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view of one of the vending slides and agitator, 'co-operating therewith, and i Fig. 4 is a-sectional view through the slide,

showing the coin slot.

This invention'relates to vending .ma

"Referring now to the drawingsby numetals of reference: I H

1 designates a c asin'g,provided with a plurality of vertical compartments '2, there'beas many compartments as advisable for the particular machine to "be installed, and generally the number will: be governed by the "number of diflerent'perfumes or similar merchandise to be'vended. "Aseach 'com- '-partment and its-co-operating mechanism is a counterpart of all of the others, itis onsidered necessary "to describe only onej'set of mechanism, for exainpl'e, such as is shown in the-right "hand end of F 1 There 'is a transversely, "disposed pivot rod or bar 3, ex-

tending from endto'end of "the casing 1., the :bar 3 :rconstit uting a' pivot support -for'v the boxshaped chute or container 4;, which hasja This application filed January .28, I

lower curved end jfiprov'i'ded with notches *6, the notches engaging the rod '3, so that the box shaped chute '4i1nay swing thereon.

' The box shaped chute ,4 may'lbeconv'em.

iently constructed'of a single piece bent interm'ediateitsendsto form a transverse top 6 with depending portionsas' shown, the

:chute being adapted tobe swung rearwarde, ly .to be leaded and then swung back vertically beneath the block 7, there beinga clean ing" space 8 for this purpose. After the chute 4 isiin place, it may besecured against rearward tilting by a cleat '9, pivotally fastened to the block 7 and adapted to beswung in the rear-of the chute as shown in Fig. .2. If the chute .is swung or cast, it will have a "back piece 9", (see Fig. 2) which may be provided with a button 10-, softhat it can be pulledrearwardly when it ,isrloaded. y

The lower end of the "back piece 9" will be curved forwardly and downwardly aslat 11 to provide a floor for. the chute 4. ,Be-

lneath the chute 1' and pivoted "to the, bar 12 in rear thereof is. a lateral 'U-sha'ped V frame '13, ,having'forwardly projecting arms 14 and 15 adapted ;to project through slots 16 inithe floor" 11. "The arms are provided with notches 17 normally restingupon gthe bar '3 which supportsthe chute 4. The 160' frame 13 with its arms constitute an agita- 'tor to agitate the merchandise within the chute 1, so as to insure the vials or similar articles being delivered throug-hjthe restricted opening 18 formed byjthe frontfedgeof f I which is a. spring retracted. push rod 34, ex-

the floor 11 and the front panel 19 for the chute, there being an arm 13 centrally of in F igs, 71 and 2. The forward portion of the slide or plate 20 is provided with a tr'ans'-.

verse delivery slot 27 through which the vials 28 may bedispensed upon the delivery chute or curved table 29 s0 that they may pass to the table 30 to be removed by the operator or purchaser. The-curved delivery chute 29 isprotected by 'anQout-wardly and downwardly curved guard ,31 as clearly seen in Figs. 11 and. 2, the guard beingjpart of the front of themachine and may extend entirely across thesame.

' The slot 27 11o-rmally,. partially closed by a guard "plate; 32'which serves to support the slide 20, and itis understood that in order to deliver the merchan'dise from the receptacle 2 onto the .chute 29, the slides-.20

must be moved rearwardly and this can. be ac'complishedjonly upon the introduction of v "acheck, coin, or token of proper denomina ti'ontlirough the proper slot 33, beneath tending through the 5 front of the, machine and adapted to be actuated by the button 35.

' The spring retracted push rod is provided with bifurcated portion 36,;forlning a slot 37 'allgning with the slot 33. The" bifurcated portions overlap the link38 whichis pro- I vided with 'alongitudinal slot 39 through which a pin 40' projects, the. pin being carried by' the forward ends of the forked or bifurcated pusherrod 36. If the parts are in the position shown inFig. 1, the push rod 36 is. moved forward against action of the spring 41, the [pin 40 will simply move idly in the slot 39 of the link 38 pivoted at 42 to the'actuating lever 25. i

H If 'a check, coin, or token of improper clenom1nat1on,that1s, either of less diameter or greater diameter than the one intended, is

introduced through the slot 33, it will not be retained in the slot 37 the smaller one will pass through and the larger one cannot enter. If a coin'of proper denomination,

however, is introduced through the slot 33,

' fit will passinto the slot. 37 and will be "momentarily retained bythe plate 43' under the bottom of the push rod '36. One edge will rest against the shoulder 44 on the plate 43 and the other edgewill rest against the ifforward end of the'push rod 36. Then a continued rearward push on therod 36 will cause the actuating lever 25 to 'move rearwardly. As jit moves rearwardly, it will move the slide 20 rearwardly, carrying the lowermost vial or similar article 28 off the shown in Fig. 2. IAs the push edge ofthe bar 32 and allow it to drop onto the curved plate or chute 29 and pass onto the table 30. As the slide 20 moves rearwardly its cam portions or V-shaped obstacle portions 21 and 22 will contact with the arms 14 and 15, so as to swing the frame 13 and cause the forward end of'the arms to agitate the merchandise sufliciently to insure deposition of another vial or similar article into the slot 27 to rest upon the plate or bar 32 which. will take place as soon as the slide is retracted. The slide will be retracted by the spring 41 which is connected to the bar .36 so associated with the link 38 that a forward movement (which, in the present instance, is a retractive movement) of the bar 36 willcause a link 38 to move toward the front of themachineand'thereby impart a forward, swinging movement to the lever. 25, restoring the mechanism to the position will pass off the plate 43 and drop into the [bottom of the machine where itcan berecovered by opening the rear door 45 normally In order to make the device decorative-,1

V may apply a mirror 47 onthetop thereof.

. It will be apparent from the foregoing that the'device constructed in accordance V bar 36 moves rearw ardly to; actuating position, the coin, check, or token lockedto..the frameto the lockingdevice 46. V

withmy invention will be simple in construc tion and will be easily operated, and thatit I will effectually bend articles in the manner contemplated. 7 1 5 lVliat I claim andfldesireto secure by Letters-Patent is:

1. A vending machine-comprising an article containing'chute,a cross bar for pivotally mounting the chut e,a delivery slide below the chute, a pivotally mounted agitator having forwardly extending hooked arms for normally engaging the crossbar to support said arms, and inverted \I-shaped pro- "jections on the slide for raising the agitator :arms' from the cross bar. v

2. :A vending machine oomprisingan ar tide-containing chute, a delivery slide below the chute having inverted V-shaped projectio'ns'on its upperface, a pivoted agitator having forwardly extendingpivoted arms withhookshaped extensions, the proj ections beingmovable against-the lower edges of the arms'to raise them to agitate the contents of the chute, a stop below'the arms to limit their movements in aedownward direction, and means for actuating the slide.

comprising an 3. A vending machine p article-containing chute, adelivery slide below the chute consisting of sheet metal having struck-up, inverted V-shaped projections, means for actuating the slide, and agitator arms in spaced relation pivotally mountedv below the chute, the V-shaped vprojections being movable over the loweredges of the arms upon actuation of the slide to raise the arms to agitate the contents of the chute.

4. A vending machine comprising an article-containing chute, a delivery slide mounted for transverse movements below the chute, the slide consisting ofa sheet metal member having depending side flanges, a. slotted delivery portion and upstruck, in-

which the flanges ride, a pair of'connected,

; pivotally supported, spaced agitator arms against which the projections ride, a pivoted bar'having its upper end projecting through a slot in the slide. and means for actuating 15 the pivoted bar.

In testimony whereofI afiix my si nature.

ALBERT H. STEELE. 

